Category Archives: Family & Friends

Ski Hachimantai

     Yesterday my family and a friend of my wife’s all caravan’d out to Hachimantai to try some skiing there.  We hit the Panorama side, which had six or seven easy and well-groomed runs (two or so had decent powder … Continue reading

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Ski Hakkoda

     Today my wife and kid went to the Hakkoda ski area with Shep and his family.  Getting there and back was more time-consuming than normal, one of the roads up the mountain was closed, and all of them were … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas 2007

     May everyone in all the world experience the peace and joy of the season, even if only for a few moments.       Please keep the folks who are downrange in your thoughts and prayers!      Let’s all keep in … Continue reading

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I’ve Named My Dining Room Table “Jericho”

     Little DJ may nearly be what my friends call a "Sucker Baby."  He’s pretty easy to care for.  He sleeps 6-7 hours per night most of the time.  The only drawback is that he gets fussy from 7-11 PM, so it’s … Continue reading

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Departure and Arrival

     The primary thing that made today a lousy one:  I had just finished my sortie and was getting ready to deal with other happenstances when I got paged to go to the Ops Desk.  Corey, the Samurai’s Aviation Resource Management … Continue reading

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Flight of the Stork

     Perhaps I should say "Landing of the Stork."  Christina and I just welcomed a healthy baby boy into the family.       Mother and son are doing splendidly! Christina spent 2 hours, 19 minutes in labor.  This was our first … Continue reading

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Life’s Been Good

     This evening was one of those rare ones.  It was a long but decently productive day at a day of work after a long week of a lot of work.  I was a little tired, but not too tired.  … Continue reading

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Ski Okunakayama (or as I Say, “Not Appi”)

    Christina and I took the day off and went skiing again.  Christina is going to try to become a skiing instructor, and the instructor course starts soon, so she wanted to get in a day of good practice with … Continue reading

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Ski Appi

    Christina and I took a day off (finally) and went to the Appi ski resort.  Christina has been skiing most of her life, and she’s pretty good at it.  I ski once every three years on average, often enough … Continue reading

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Married Life 101

    As I mentioned before, my wife and I are finally living together.  Happily for me, she seems to enjoy cooking.  I personally don’t understand how anyone can get any enjoyment out of the act of cooking, but I do … Continue reading

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